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FRIDAY
GROUP MEETINGS
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Mr.
A.V. Manjunath Research Associate, ALO-USAID Project
initiated a discussion on "Confederation of Indian Farmers Association" on September 23, 2005. Mrs. Shalet K. Varghese, SRF gave a lecture on "Transaction costs of implementation and sustenance of environmental conservation project in Attapaddy hills of Western Ghats" on 19th November 2004. Dr. M.G. Chandrakanth, PI, gave a lecture on "Option and quasi option value" on 1st October 2004. Sri. K. Manjunath, JRF gave a lecture on "Power sector development - the dominant role of coal" on 10th September 2004. Sri. M.T. Rajashekarappa, Research Associate, NCAP, New Delhi delivered a lecture on "Computing technical efficiency, allocative efficiency using DEAP package" on 1st September 2004. Sri. K. Shankar gave a lecture on "Does pollution affect economic growth" on 27th August 2004. Ms. V. Padmavathamma, JRF gave a lecture on "Participatory irrigation management" on 20th August 2004. Ms. A.K. Jeevarani, JRF gave a lecture on "Organic coffee production and the conservation of natural resources in Las Margaritas, Chiapas" on 23rd July 2004. Sri. A.V. Manjunath, JRF gave a lecture on "Environmental issues in managing water for agriculture - Realities and Remedies" on 18th July 2004. Sri. S.C. Deepak, JRF, Ford Foundation funded project delivered a talk on "Groundwater recharge" on 9th July 2004. Sri. M.A. Ganapathy, JRF gave a lecture on "Medicinal plants scenario in India" on 2nd July 2004. Sri. Y. Nagaraju gave a lecture on "Effect of industrial effluents on farm-economy - An economic study in Anekal taluk" on 18th June 2004. Ms. A.C. Hemalatha, SRF delivered a lecture on "Economic impacts of genetically modified crops on agri-food sector" on 11th June 2004. Ms. B.S. Chaitra, SRF delivered a lecture on "Inter-basin transfer of water in India" on 4th June 2004. Ms. H.C. Jayadevi, SRF, Ford Foundation funded project gave a lecture on "The probabilistic economic injury level - incorporating uncertainty into pest management decision making" on 28th May 2004. Ms. B.S. Chaitra, SRF gave a lecture on "Balancing water for the food and environment" on 21st May 2004. Sri. A. Rajendra, SRF gave a lecture on "Granger causality test in Economics" on 7th May 2004. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate gave a lecture on "Usage and Application of GRAM (a GIS software) in Natural Resource Management" on 30th April 2004. Dr. T. Pavan Kumar, Director (Retd.), Central Silk Board, Bangalore gave a lecture on "World Bank / IDA assisted silk developed project" on 23rd April 2004. Ms.A.K. Jeevarani, JRF gave a talk on "Relative economics of organic and inorganic coffee cultivation in Western Ghats region of Karnataka" on 5th March 2004. Sri. A. Rajendra, SRF gave a talk on "Use of dummy variables in testing equality between set of coefficients in linear programming" on 27th February 2004. Sri.
M.A. Ganapathy, JRF delivered a talk on "Orchid
spice Vanilla and its importance" on 6th February 2004. Ms.
H.C. Jayadevi, SRF, Ford Foundation funded project gave a lecture
on "Azadirachtin use efficiency"
on 5th December 2003. Ms. B.S. Chaitra, SRF gave a lecture on "Policy failure: Pricing below private cost" on 31st October 2003. Sri. T.S. Amjath Babu, gave a lecture on "Estimation of count data models of travel cost method using LIMDEP software" on 17th October 2003. Sri. B.T. Sreenivas, SRF gave a lecture on "Theory on social goods" on 10th October 2003. Sri. G.B. Lokesh, Research Associate gave a lecture on "Drought Mitigation - A policy failure" on 3rd October 2003. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate gave a lecture on "Project research work" on 26th September 2003. Prof.
M.V. Srinivasa Gowda, Professor and University Head, Dept. of Agril.
Economics gave a lecture on "Ethiopian Economy
and Society" on 19th September 2003. Ms. Shalet K.Varghese, PG Student spoke on "Global warming and its economics" on 27th June 2003. Ms. C.N. Varuni, JRF gave a talk on "Optimal investment in multi-species protection when species interact in the ecosystem" on 20th June 2003. Sri. T. Sanjeevarayappa, JRF gave a talk on "Incentive mechanisms for conservation of plant genetic resources" on 6th June 2003. Ms. A.C. Hemalatha, JRF, spoke on "Challenges and opportunities of globalisation, GATT and WTO: Implications for India" on 30th May 2003. Sri.
R. Raju and Sri. A.L. Halanaik, JRFs delivered a talk on
"Economic depreciation of timber resources:
Direct and indirect estimation methods" on 23rd May 2003. Sri. B.T. Sreenivasa, SRF gave a lecture on "Institutions - A review" on 9th May 2003. Sri. Kusha B. Ullas, JRF gave a talk on "Reaching sustainable food security for all by 2020" on 2nd May 2003. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate gave a talk on "Methods for Valuing Forests" on 25th April 2003. Sri. K. Shankar, JRF gave a talk on "Managing Water Resources" on 11th April 2003. Prof. M.G. Chandrakanth, Principal Investigator spoke on "Choice of Discount Rate" on 4th April 2003. Sri. M.S. Ragavendra, Ph.D scholar gave a talk on "Environmental externalities" on 7th March 2003. Ms. R.S. Chitra Gopal, Ph.D scholar spoke on the topic "Environmental sustainability-some concepts and approaches" on 28th February 2003. Sri. K. Shankar, Sri. A.L. Halanaik, Sri. R. Raju., JRFs, delivered a talk on "The Biological Diversity Bill-2002"on 21st February 2003. Dr. Vasanth Kumar, Professor, Department of statistics, UAS, Bangalore, spoke on "Personality development" on 14th February 2003. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research associate, spoke on the topic "Ecological and economic importance of Mangroves" on 7th February 2003. Sri. A. Rajendra, JRF, Ford foundation wells project, demonstrated the use of "Microsoft Excel Solver-A Non Linear Programming Algorithm" on 3rd January 2003. Sri. Syamak Mashayeki, Ph.D. Scholar of the department presented a topic on "Oil and natural gas - their role in Iran's economy" on 18th October 2002. Sri. Hamed Ghaderzadeh, Ph.D. Scholar of the department presented a topic on "Fishering management and open access problem" on 11th October 2002. Sri. B.T. Sreenivasa, SRF gave a talk on "Is there a valid law of diminishing returns in neo-classical economics" on 8th October 2002. Dr. H. Chandrashekhar, Associate of TOE-NRE gave a lecture on "Choosing between non-nested models" on 4th October 2002. Sri. Nagavardhan, Editor gave a talk on "Emerson's essay on self reliance" on 27th September 2002. Sri. Kusha Ullas, JRF, Ford foundation funded project gave a talk on "Concepts in economics of water resources" on 20th September 2002. Sri. Nagavardhan, Editor gave a talk on "Common errors in English" on 13th September 2002. Sri. Halanaik, JRF gave a talk on "Accessing sustainability in agriculture- A multicriteria approach" on 6th September 2002. Sri. T.S. Amjath Babu, PG student of the department gave a talk on "Climate change and the economy: the impact of climate damage on Indian agriculture" on 30th August 2002. Sri. M. Prakash Kumar, SRF, Ford Foundation funded project gave a lecture on "Water resources in the 21st century: challenges and implications for action" on 23rd August 2002. Sri. A. Rajendra, JRF, Ford Foundation funded project gave talk on "Concepts and application of ARIMA in time series analysis" on 2nd August 2002. Ms. B.S. Chaitra, JRF, Ford Foundation funded project, gave a talk on "Valuation of role of canals and tanks in groundwater recharge" on 26th July 2002. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate spoke on "Conceptual issues in farm raised expendable inputs used to produce livestock" on 12th July 2002. Sri. R. Raju, JRF gave a talk on "Labour and management: Farm labour and related services" on 5th July 2002. Sri. K. Shankar, JRF gave a talk on "Conceptual issues in estimation of value of landuse in agricultural contribution" on 28th June 2002. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate spoke on "Conceptual issues on purchased and farm social expendable inputs" on 21st June 2002. Sri. G.B. Lokesh, SRF gave a talk on "Conceptual issues in estimation and pricing of output" on 14th June 2002. Ms. K. K. Prasanna Rashmi, SRF gave a talk on "Purchased and farm raised expendable inputs" on 7th June 2002. Ms. K. K. Prasanna Rashmi, SRF gave a talk on "CAR Estimates" on 31st May 2002. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate gave a talk on "Commodity costs and returns" on 3rd May 2002. Sri. G.B. Lokesh, SRF gave a talk on "Groundwater utilization in China and India" on 26th April 2002. Dr. M.R. Girish, Research Associate gave a talk on "Measuring Agricultural Sustainability Status - An indexing approach" on 22nd February 2002. Mrs. Bala Subramanian, Research Associate, Ford Foundation project gave a lecture on "Optimal Control Theory" on 1st February 2002. Dr. T.N. Prakash, Co-Principal Investigator gave a talk on "Initial finding of the thematic working group on domesticated biodiversity" on 4th January 2002. Ms. G.S. Arathi, Editor, initiated a discussion on "Who Moved my Cheese? a story by Dr. Spencer Johnson" on 9th November 2001. Sri. Shahid Pervez, PG Student gave a lecture on "World Trade Organization and Labor Standards; Whether to Link It or Not?" on 2nd November 2001. Sri. P.S. Srikantha Murthy, Assistant Prof, Department of Agricultural Economics lectured on "Fresh Water Pearl Culture" on the 12th October 2001. Dr. Dhananjay Arekere, Research Associate, Texas A and M University, Texas gave a talk and presentation on "LIMDEP in CVM " on 3rd August 2001. Ms. M.S. Accavva, JRF spoke on "Sacred Groves of Kodagu" on 27th July 2001. Ms. Rama Sateesh, Editor gave a talk on "On Writing Well by William Zinsser" on 20th July 2001. Dr. M. G. Chandrakanth, Principal Investigator gave a talk on "Health Economics" on 5th July 2001. Dr. S. Bisalaiah, Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Bangalore gave a lecture on "Property Regimes and Natural Resource Management- A World Bank Perspective" on 15th May 2001. Ms. Deepthi Elizabeth, Ph.D. Scholar gave a presentation on "Estimating Existence Values for Four Proposed Park Sites in the Northwest Territories of Canada-Prepared by Dr.Kimberly Rollins, Caroline Gunning -Trent, Dr. Audrey Lyke" on 7th March 2001. Ms. Deepthi Elizabeth, Ph.D. Scholar gave a presentation on "A Global Review of commercialized transgenic crops" on 2nd March 2001. Ms. K.K. Prasanna Rashmi, SRF gave a presentation on "Policies Relating to Genetically Modified Crops" on 23rd February 2001. Dr. M. R. Girish, Research Associate gave a lecture on "Non-Timber Forest Products and Tribal Livelihoods in Western Ghats of Karnataka" on 16th February 2001. Sri. B. Venkatesh, M Sc. student gave a presentation on "Trade and Environment based on WTO report" on 14th February 2001. Sri. George. P. Thomas from Peripheral Systems gave a presentation on "How to use Shrishti Software in the daily Environment" 2nd February 2001. Sri. G. B. Lokesh, SRF, gave a presentation on "Economics of ground water irrigation for turmeric cultivation in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka" on 19th January 2001. Dr. T.N.Prakash, Co-PI gave a lecture on "WTO and its impacts on Sustainability in Agriculture with special reference to Karnataka" on 12th January 2001. Mrs. Rama Sateesh, Editor gave a lecture on "The Art and Science of Editing" on 5th January 2001. Sri. Abhas Abinav, a Computer Engineer from REC Bharatpur, West Bengal delivered a lecture on "Application of Unix as Supplement to Windows for Agriculture" on 27th December 2000. Sri. P.P. Muthappa, JRF of the team presented the field observations during data collection on his research topic "Resource economics of tree diversity in Coffee based plantations in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka" in Kodagu district of Karnataka on 30th August 2000. Sri. C.P. Umashankar, System Analyst, Ford Foundation Project gave a talk on "The use of Cyberspace and related software' by on 19th July 2000. Sri. Alezar Tilahun, International student from Ethiopia gave a lecture on "Use of statistical tools of MS-Excel in data analysis" on 12th July 2000. This focused on statistical tools like frequencies, correlation, regression, matrix algebra, data base management and manipulation of graphs. Sri. Y.N. Manjunath, System Analyst of the team delivered a lecture on "MS-Excel and its applications" on 31st May 2000. Dr.T.N. Prakash, Co-Principal Investigator of the team delivered a talk on "Writing for change- writing scientific and popular articles" on 7th June 2000. Ms. B.M. Hemalatha, PG Student spoke on "Space technology application in agricultural resource management" on 1st March 2000. Ms. Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady, PG Student spoke on "Biodiversity Values and Valuation" on 25th February 2000. Ms. M.S. Accavva, JRF spoke on "Agricultural Technology and Environmental Quality" on 28th January 2000. Sri. B.M. Ravi, JRF spoke on "Environment in Karnataka" on 21st January 2000. Sri. H.E. Somashekarappa, PG Student spoke on "Our vanishing wetlands and sustainable wetlands" on 14th January 2000. Sri. B.K. Rohith, JRF spoke on "Clean water - An Environmental Governance" on 7th January 2000. A talk was given by Ms. R. Sripadmini, JRF on 18th February 2000 on the topic "Prof. Amarthya Sen and Welfare Economics". In addition to presenting various works of Prof. Sen an attempt was made to link his studies and concepts to Natural Resource Economics. Ms. K.K. Prasanna Rashmi, Ph.D. Scholar spoke on the topic "Environmental Sustainability - Indian Perspective" on 10th December 1999. Sri.
G.B. Lokesh, SRF, spoke on the Topic "Development
and Environment" on 26th November 1999". He explained
the concepts of development, environmental damage and sustainable development
in the context of use of natural resources - water, forests and biodiversity. |